This year, the Joneses pause for thanks
With heads bowed low in pious ranks;
They’re glad their dinner’s what it am-
The Joneses have a can of Spam!
The Epsteins, they are thankful too–
They changed the day to red from blue
By finding, on the day Ma cleans,
An ancient can of pork-and-beans!
And so it goes: Thanksgivinp Day
Will find you saying it ain’t hay
To fall upon, with joyful whoop,
One smallish lonesome can of soup.
If one is poor, or has a bankful,
There’s occasion to be thankful–
Let every woman, child and man
Esteem and thank the lowly can!
by Ray Romine Thursday, October 10, 1946
